Inkheart
United States, Germany, United Kingdom
2008
106 Min
Color, Black and White
2.35:1
English
Synopsis
Unbeknownst to his 12-year-old daughter, Meggie (Eliza Bennett), bookbinder Mo “Silvertongue” Folchart (Brendan Fraser) has a secret ability to bring characters to life by reading their stories out loud. But when the wicked Capricorn (Andy Serkis) comes after her father, Meggie must rescue him. Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren co-star in this enchanting fantasy based on the best-selling children’s novel by Cornelia Funke.
Director
Iain Softley
Iain Softley (born November 30, 1956) is an English film director. He was educated at St Benedict’s School, Ealing, where he played the part of Thomas Becket in its 1975 production of T. S. Eliot’s play, Murder in the Cathedral, and Queens’ College, Cambridge.
His movies include the Beatles film Backbeat (1994), Hackers (1995), The Wings of the Dove (1997), K-PAX (2001), The Skeleton Key (2005) and Inkheart (2008). Softley also has been developing an adaptation of Stephen Gallagher’s novel The Boat House for Dimension Films, set in the English Lake District. He previously attempted to film the book in 1999, with Milla Jovovich in the lead role of a haunted and driven Russian émigré. —Wikipedia
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